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CT -158 (3134) The First Daily Chess Newspaper on the Net CT-158 (3134) Sunday, 7 June 2009 Test Yourself! Grandelius (2491) - Berg (2610) Sigeman & Co (4), Malmo, 06.06.2009 XIIIIIIIIY Li Shilong (2557) - Wang Hao (2696) 8-+-+-+k+0 China Ch Xinghua Jiangsu, 01.06.2009 7+-zpr+p+-0 XIIIIIIIIY 6p+-wq-snpzp0 8-+-+-trk+0{ 5+-+-tR-+-0 7+-+-+-zp-0 4-+LzP-+PzP0 6-+-tr-+-+0 3+-+-+Q+-0 5+-+ltR-zp-0 2P+-+-zPK+0 4-+-tR-+-+0 1+-+-+-+-0} 3zP-+-+-+-0 xabcdefghy 2-+-+-+PzP0 1+-+-+-mK-0 xabcdefghy On This Day … by GM Alex Baburin Wang Hao (2696) - Liang Chong Ukrainian GM Ruslan Pogorelov turns (2511), China Ch, Xinghua Jiangsu 50 today. (11), 06.06.2009 XIIIIIIIIY 8-+-+-+-+0{ 7+-+-+-+-0 World Chess News 6-+-+-+-+0 5+ksn-+-+p0 4-+-+-+PzP0 3zp-+-+K+-0 Chinese Championships 2-+-+-+-+0 1+-sN-+-+-0 The Chinese Championships took xabcdefghy place in Xinghua Jiangsu between the 26th May and the 6th of June 2009. Main Ch, final standings: Li Chao (2643) - Bu Xiangzhi (2704) 1. Ding Liren (2458)- 8½/11 China Ch Xinghua Jiangsu, 02.06.2009 2. GM Wang Hao (2696) – 8 XIIIIIIIIY 3. GM Bu Xiangzhi (2704) – 7 8-+ktr-+r+0 4. GM Zhou Weiqi (2563) - 6½ 5-6. GMs Li Chao (2643) and Ni Hua 7zpp+-vlpzp-0 (2724) – 6, etc. 6-+-+-+-zp0 5+-zpl+-+-0 I'd like to quote Mark Crowther of 4q+-+-+-zP0 TWIC : "Liren Ding won the 3+-vL-wQ-+-0 championship after long time leader 2PzPP+-zPP+0 Wang Hao lost in the final round. 1+K+R+L+R0} However the story is more dramatic xabcdefghy than that. Ding won his final round game by default after his opponent Assess 18.£xe7 arrived late, I can't even imagine what impact this had on Wang's frame of mind. This follows the round 8 default where Hou Yifan arrived 5 seconds This issue is prepared by GM Alex Baburin; technical editor: Ralph Marconi Subscription is 15 euro for 3 months. For further details please refer to http://www.chesstoday.net CT-158 (3134) Page 1 of 5 late against Liang Chong. I can't begin Standings after 4 rounds: to say how idiotic these new FIDE 1-2. Gashimov (2730) and Motylev regulations are." (2677) – 3½ 3. Inarkiev (2676) - 3 4. Naiditsch (2700) – 2½ Ladies' Ch, final standings: 5-6. Bologan (2690) and Sutovsky 1. WGM Shen Yang (2420) – 9/11 (2660) - 2 2. GM Zhao Xue (2531) - 8½ 7. Efimenko (2682) - 1½ 3. Tan Zhongyi (2436) – 8 8-9. Rublevsky (2702) and Onischuk 4. WIM Zhang Xiaowen (2340) – 7, etc (2684) – 1 10. Shirov (2745) – 0. You can find all games from the Chinese championships in our Official website (in Russian). database today. Official website Sigeman & Co., Malmo Lublin, Poland Round 4 results: This close tournament concluded Short - Hillarp Persson ½-½ yesterday. You can find all games Grandelius - Berg 1-0 from that event in our database today. Nyback - I. Sokolov ½-½ Final Standings: Standings before the last round: 1. GM Grachev (RUS, 2652) – 6/9 1. Short (ENG, 2674) – 3½/4 2-3. GMs Roiz (ISR, 2635) and 2-3. I. Sokolov (NED 2669) and IM WoJtaszek (POL, 2630) - 5½ Grandelius (SWE, 2491) – 2½ 4. GM B. Socko (POL, 2637) - 5 4. Nyback (FIN, 2655) – 1½ 5. GM S. Zhigalko (BLR, 2622) - 4½ 5-6. Hillarp Persson (SWE, 2618) and 6-9. GMs Khenkin (GER, 2630), Berg (SWE, 2610) - 1 Dziuba (POL, 2535), GaJewski (POL, 2571) and Bartel (POL, 2601) - 4 Official website 10. GM Malakhatko (BEL, 2618) - 2½. Official website 39th Capablanca Memorial This category XVI tournament Guillermo Garcia Memorial (average rating – 2657) starts at the Pan American Hotel in Havana today. This closed tournament finished in Cuba yesterday. The players are: • Leinier Dominguez (Cuba, 2721) Final Standings: • Artyon Timofeev (Russia, 2677) 1. Fidel Corrales – 6/8 • Boris Savchenko (Russia, 2655) 2. Emilio Cordova – 5 • 3-4. Holden Hernandez and Lazaro Geor Meier (Germany, 2641) Bruzon - 4½, etc. • Igor Khenkin (Germany, 2630) • Lazaro Bruzon (Cuba, 2617) 10th Karpov tournament Official website in Poikovsky, Russia Round 4 results: XXII Leon Tournament Inarkiev - Naiditsch 1-0 Sutovsky - Motylev 0-1 In the second semi-final match Efimenko - Rublevsky 1-0 Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2770) beat Onischuk - Bologan ½-½ Wang Yue (China, 2738) 3½-2½ and Shirov - Gashimov 0-1 will now face Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine, 2751) in the final. This issue is prepared by GM Alex Baburin; technical editor: Ralph Marconi Subscription is 15 euro for 3 months. For further details please refer to http://www.chesstoday.net CT-158 (3134) Page 2 of 5 Wang Yue took an early lead after Ellenboro Elementary School in North winning game 2, but Carlsen levelled Carolina used their school's computer the score in game 3 and finally lab to connect, via the world-wide prevailed in blitz. An endgame web, with their counterparts across the position from game 1 is worth globe for this live match mentioning: One of the oddities of the match was Carlsen (2770) - Wang Yue (2738) that the players were 14 time zones XXII Rapid KO Leon (1.1), 06.06.2009 apart! The American children were XIIIIIIIIY playing on Wednesday evening, June 8-+-+-+-+0{ 3, starting at 6:00 PM. But the 7+-+-+k+-0 Australian chess kids were playing on 6-+-mK-zp-+0 Thursday morning, June 4, at 8:00 AM, 5tR-+-+-+p0 before school! Crikey!! 4-+-+-+lzP0 Some of the parameters of the match 3+-+-+-zP-0 were: 2-+-+-+-+0 1+-+-+-+-0 • each team fielded 10 boards (plus xabcdefghy alternates) • time control was game in 20 This is a fortress - White can't get his minutes (sudden death) king close to the f-pawn. • tournament officials on each side ensured proper conduct of the Official website match • Video hook-up via Skype connected the two locations Leko vs. Anand allowing the kids to great each other In game 5 Vishy Anand again opted • for the Gruenfeld Defence. For a while Games will be CXR-rated and all the players repeated game 4, which players will receive 1 year of my colleague GM Mikhail Golubev premium CXR service annotated in CT-3132, but Anand deviated from it on move 11. After CXR founder Russ Mollot stated that interesting fight he scored a second Chess Kids and CXR hope to hold victory in this match. Anand also stood several additional intercontinental better in game 6, but Leko saved the matches in the near future "to bring endgame. Anand is now leading 4-2. this synergy of chess and computer technology to more youngsters in Official website more states. We are looking for more candidates to participate in this ground-breaking project." Press-release June 4, 2009. For any additional information, email: [email protected] Elementary School Kids in North Carolina Play Live Match with Australian Kids Annotated Game by GM Alex Baburin Chess eXpress Ratings (CXR) teamed up with Chess Kids (the biggest Today I'd like to show a short draw I scholastic chess organization "down made against my friend Sam Collins in under") to organize a friendly chess the Nagoya Open. This game may match. What was unusual about the appear boring, but there was match was that half the players were something hidden beneath the in Rutherford County, North Carolina, surface... and their opponents were in Melbourne, Australia! Students from This issue is prepared by GM Alex Baburin; technical editor: Ralph Marconi Subscription is 15 euro for 3 months. For further details please refer to http://www.chesstoday.net CT-158 (3134) Page 3 of 5 Collins (2429) - Baburin (2541) Black can opt for 9...¤5f6, but to me Nagoya Open (2), 23.05.2009 this looks like a concession. White The Alekhine Defence- [B04] should be better here. One example: 10.¤c3 ¥b4 11.¥f4 ¥xc3 12.bxc3 0–0 1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 13.£b3 £c8 14.¤h4 ¥g4 15.f3 ¥h5 dxe5 5.¤xe5 c6 (D) 16.g4 ¥g6 17.¥d6 ¦d8 18.¤xg6 hxg6 XIIIIIIIIY 19.g5 ¤e8 20.¥e7 £c7 21.¥xd8 ¦xd8 8rsnlwqkvl-tr0 22.f4± Shashikant - Short, Nagpur 7zpp+-zppzpp0 2008. 6-+p+-+-+0 10.¤c3 Black was was absolutely fine after 5+-+nsN-+-0 10.¤a3 ¥e7 11.¥d2 0–0 12.¥c3 a5 4-+-zP-+-+0 13.£b3?! b6 in the game Kostenko - 3+-+-+-+-0 Dergilev, Tomsk 2006. 2PzPP+-zPPzP0 Things get really heated after 10.a3!? 1tRNvLQmKL+R0} ¤c2 11.¦a2 c5! (Black should avoid xabcdefghy 11...¤xd4? 12.£xd4 c5 13.£c3 ¥xb1 14.¥g5 f6 15.¦xb1 fxg5 16.£e3± Currently this is Black's most popular Carlsen - Madsen, Trondheim 2004.) system against the Main Variation 12.d5 e5 (12...¤d4 13.¤xd4 cxd4 (4.¤f3). It makes sense to support the 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.¥d3 ¥xd3 16.£xd3 d5-knight as White has £f3 ideas, etc. ¤c5 17.£e2÷ Ramesh - Grunberg, One important point about this line is Olomouc 2004.) 13.¥g5 ¥e7 14.¥xe7 that the hasty 6.c4? gives Black an easy £xe7 15.¥d3 ¥xd3 16.£xd3 ¤d4÷ game: 6...¤b4 7.¥e3 ¥f5 8.¤d3? Vogt - Loeffler, Austria 2002. (¹8.¤a3) 8...e5!. I won three games 10...¤c2 11.¦b1 ¤b4 (D) with Black from this position. Try to XIIIIIIIIY be in such a great shape after 8 moves 8r+-wqkvl-tr0 in the NaJdorf! ☺ 7zpp+n+pzpp0 6.¥e2 ¥f5 7.0–0 6-+p+p+-+0 The principled line here is probably 5+-+-+l+-0 7.g4, for example: 7...¥e6 8.c4 ¤b6 4-snPzP-+-+0 9.b3 f6 10.¤d3 £xd4 11.¥b2 £d8 3+-sN-+N+-0 12.¤c3 ¤a6÷ Kasparov - Short, Moscow 2002.
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    2008 /8 kakbladet Medlemsblad for Dansk Skak Union VM Aleksandra Kosteniuk Mandag den 27. oktober 2008 • Politiken Cup • Baltic Sea Cup • Grand Slam Bilbao • • Vesterhavsturneringen • Efim Bogoljubov • kakbladet ISSN 0037-6043 Indhold 104. årgang, nr. 8, 2008. Årgangen omfatter 9 numre. Tag stilling ......................................... 3 Udgivet af Dansk Skak Union Politiken Cup ..................................... 6 Redaktion Thorbjørn Rosenlund, Baltic Sea Cup ................................. 20 Kongestien 16, 2830 Virum. Tlf./fax 44 49 42 10. Vesterhavsturneringen ..................... 26 Email: [email protected]. Annoncer / Skakspillerne sagde ......................... 33 turneringsindbydelser Merano og deromkring .................... 34 Sendes til redaktionen. Indsendelsesfrister Efim Bogoljubov ............................. 38 Nr. Deadline Udkommer Junior-skak....................................... 48 9 4/11 6/12 1 9/12 17/1 20 træk til skafottet .......................... 55 2 20/1 21/2 Abonnement og ekspedition En russisk stumfilm ......................... 56 Danmark: kr. 220 pr. år inkl. moms og fors. Udlandet: kr. 300 Korrespondanceskak ........................ 57 pr. år, inkl. forsendelse. Bestilles hos Skakbladets Bøger ............................................... 58 ekspedition (se Medlems- og Problemskak .................................... 61 ratingkartotek nederst på siden) Sats og montage Kommende turneringer.................... 63 TR-Text, tlf. 44 49 42 10. Tryk Schultz Hafnia, tlf. 43 22 52 00. Forsiden: Aleksandra Kosteniuk, Rusland, VM for kvinder 2008. (Foto: Cathy Rogers). Dansk Skak Union ... Formand: Erik Søbjerg, Kongevejen 6A, 7430 Ikast. Tlf. 86 13 38 41. Email: [email protected]. Kasserer: René Baarup Christensen, Heldbjergvej 3, 6200 Aabenraa. Tlf. 20 88 56 62. Email: [email protected]. Ungdom: Esmat Guindy, Stadionvej 16, 8830 Tjele. Email: [email protected]. Bankforbindelse: Nordea IT: Lars Wisler Pedersen, Tingparken 36, st.tv., 7200 Grindsted. reg.nr. 2191 Tlf. 20 75 08 13. Email: [email protected].
  • Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016

    Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016

    Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 Monday 25 January - Thursday 4 February 2016 Round 1 Report 26 January 2016 - by John Saunders (@JohnChess) David versus Goliath Let's cut to the chase: the sensation of the first round was Vishy Anand conceding a draw to IM Szidonia Vajda of Hungary, with a rating 435 inferior to that of the legendary Indian. This was Vishy's Gibraltar debut and, as with Magnus Carlsen's recent appearance in the Qatar Masters, his (usually) irresistible force failed to overcome an immoveable (female) object in the first round. Massive credit to Szidonia, who was also making her debut in Gibraltar, for putting up such determined resistance. Vishy make take heart from Magnus's subsequent performance in Qatar, finishing as winner of the tournament. Plenty of players have recovered from a minor blip in the early rounds of a Swiss to go on and win the tournament. Top seed Hikaru Nakamura faced English IM Robert Bellin. I won't mention Robert's age other than to say it is very similar to my own. The American was aware his opponent was a Dutch Defence player and readily played into it. Commentator Simon Williams queried this, since Hikaru had ducked a Dutch when Simon had played 1...e6 against Hikaru's 1.d4 some years ago, instead opting for an uncharacteristic Exchange French. On that occasion, Hikaru had noted how the English GM had defeated Gelfand with the Dutch, but against the English veteran he was not so concerned. He won comfortably, as did Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, second seed, against Ehud Shachar of Israel.